[Workshop] 2018 Voces Oral History Research Summer Institute

This workshop is for faculty and graduate students wishing to use oral history in research. This weeklong institute will be helpful to the beginner, intermediate and advanced scholar. Instructors include scholars who have created their own oral history projects, have published widely using oral history and are leaders in oral history publishing and teaching.

This class will be kept deliberately small to allow participants ample time to discuss and workshop their own plans and ideas.

Topics:

Theory and methodology of oral history

Using oral history to study under-researched topics

Developing an oral history project for academic research

Publishing oral history research

Teaching oral history to undergrad and grad students

Archival considerations

Best practices

Chief Instructors:

Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez, Ph.D., Professor of Journalism, The University of Texas at Austin

Housing option: Special housing accommodations are available for participants, starting at $40 per night (estimated) and up. Housing arrangements and payments must be made directly with either UT Housing or the AT & T Center. Housing details provided after acceptance.